Columnist Will Sutton says MAGA might like to see an African pope and considers whether Black Catholics might agree.

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the ...

As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon elect its first black pope. With Africa home to one in five Catholics, the ...

One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

Thus, Karuri and the community he led found themselves in a colonial world teeming with opportunists, where the boundaries ...

Around 30 theologians and pastoral workers gathered April 2–3 in Accra, Ghana, to “shape the church’s vision in Africa for the next 25 years.” (Photo by Charles Ayetan / SECAM / LCI) As ...

Pope Francis’ more than 12-year pontificate deeply resonated with the people of God in Africa, with one exception related to ...

With approximately 30 million adherents in Nigeria, the Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in ...

Pope Francis visited a record 10 African countries throughout his pontificate, often venturing to areas ravaged by war, ...

who described himself as a "church-planting missionary," his wife Meagan and two children arrived in South Africa in November 2018 to run the Motherwell branch. An image showing Sullivan preaching ...

A U.S. pastor was allegedly kidnapped by a group of men during a service at his church in South Africa this week Josh Sullivan is believed to have been taken along with two phones and his silver ...

An American pastor has been kidnapped by armed men after they stormed his church service in South Africa, local authorities say. Josh Sullivan had been conducting a service at Fellowship Baptist ...